Kernel

[PATCH 2/2] xfs: shrinker should use a per-filesystem scan count
From: Dave Chinner <dchinner(a)redhat.com> The shrinker uses a global static to aggregate excess scan counts. This should be per filesystem like all the other shrinker context to operate correctly. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner(a)redhat.com> --- fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c | 5 ++--- fs/xfs/xfs_mount... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

cfq-iosched: IOPS mode for group scheduling and new group_idle tunable
On 23.07.2010, Vivek Goyal wrote: This is V4 of the patchset which implements a new tunable group_idle and also implements IOPS mode for group fairness. Following are changes since V3. [....] Just for information: this patchset, applied to 2.6.35-rc6, gives about 20-25% increase in speed/throughput on my ... 28 Jul 2010 20:40

[PATCH] PCI: MSI: Restore read_msi_msg_desc(); add get_cached_msi_msg_desc()
commit 2ca1af9aa3285c6a5f103ed31ad09f7399fc65d7 "PCI: MSI: Remove unsafe and unnecessary hardware access" changed read_msi_msg_desc() to return the last MSI message written instead of reading it from the device, since it may be called while the device is in a reduced power state. However, the pSeries platform co... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

kswapd continuously active when doing IO
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 02:15:54PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report of regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. Please ve... 23 Jul 2010 16:55

2.6.35-rc6: Reported regressions from 2.6.34
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 01:42:26PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16201 Subject : SIOCGIWFREQ ioctl fails to get frequency info Submitter : nuh <nuh(a)mailinator.net> Date : 2010-06-14 10:45 (40 days old) Also 40 days since I posted a comment requ... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH] ARM/nuc900: patch for adding the global control registers definition
This patch is to add the global control registers definition, many drivers need it, such as usb driver,I need it to control usb phy open or close, so I sent this patch. Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com(a)gmail.com> --- arch/arm/mach-w90x900/include/mach/regs-gcr.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH 3/5] usb: usbnet: use newly introduced hex_to_bin()
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko(a)gmail.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)suse.de> Cc: linux-usb(a)vger.kernel.org --- drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 13 ++----------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c index 7eab407..... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH 1/5] drivers: atm: don't use private copy of hex_to_bin()
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko(a)gmail.com> Cc: Chas Williams <chas(a)cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Cc: linux-atm-general(a)lists.sourceforge.net --- drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 15 ++------------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/atm/nicstar.c b/drivers/atm/nicstar.c index ... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCHv2] trace: funcgraph tracer - adding funcgraph-irq option
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:00:21PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 18:21 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote: SNIP What happens if we lose the return event? That is, due to buffer overruns, the return of the trace is lost. Then we lose out on all events until another event of the same IRQ h... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH 4/5] wireless: use newly introduced hex_to_bin()
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko(a)gmail.com> Cc: Corey Thomas <coreythomas(a)charter.net> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville(a)tuxdriver.com> Cc: linux-wireless(a)vger.kernel.org --- drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c | 23 ++--------------------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --gi... 23 Jul 2010 10:17